Firefox 120: Searching Tabs in the Address Bar Will Work Across Containers

https://www.quippd.com/writing/2023/10/14/firefox-120-searching-tabs-from-address-bar-will-work-across-containers.html

I was once told that Firefox users don’t always do enough to celebrate the small wins. Here’s something that I consider to be a big one, but might not be int...

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6 Comments

Carighan@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I have never once searched for tabs, but still, cool feature!

jpe@fedia.io · 1 pts · 2y

I mostly use the feature accidentally when I'm about to google/ddg for the umpteenth technical doc and see that the first suggestion says "Switch to tab".

Deebster@fedia.io · 1 pts · 2y

Ah, I missed the bit about it being v120. I hope it shows the tabs from the same container first! I frequently have the same page open in multiple containers for testing.

sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf · 1 pts · 2y (2 replies)

I would quite like the option to have suggestions at the bottom rather them at the top, I almost always visit sites I've already visited.

MHLoppy@fedia.io · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Is this what you're after?

Settings -> Search -> Search Suggestions -> Untick "Show search suggestions ahead of browsing history in address bar results"

I guess you could also disable those suggestions entirely if you prefer.

sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf · 1 pts · 2y

Thank you, they need to bring that to mobile.